Hi Sarah, Sarah Jelinek wrote: > It does sound like we don't have the driver in the SXDE distro. But we > support Nvidia generally. Could be we need a newer version of the > driver. You can install with the text installer using the same media. > Just choose the appropriate menu item when it boots. It has to be the > non-windows based text installation. It would be nice if the next official release (Indiana?) works on Sun's own computers without troubles like this.
> > I would try the text based installation, install the driver via the > ITU method offered in the installer and then the install should > proceed ok. The computer is at home right now so I can't check, but I think you are saying that near the beginning of the text based installer I will have the option to load the correct driver. I'll need to remove the SXDE DVD from the drive, insert the driver CD and tell SXDE where the driver is. > >> I'm afraid to format Solaris 10 and do a console install because it >> might not work in the end. Any suggestions? >> > Not sure what you mean by format Solaris 10? Can you clarify? The computer came with Solaris 10 installed. I was afraid that if I SXDE can't be installed properly and I have to erase all partitions to put Solaris 10 back on, I would encounter the same installation problem in the Solaris 10 installer. >> I have a drivers CD with instructions to install it after the OS is >> installed: >> http://docs.sun.com/source/820-2476-10/solaris_driver_install.html#50540562_99667 >> >> >> > You could certainly just use the text installer and then load the > driver after the install. Or you can load the driver via ITU from the > installer. After installation would Solaris try to load the graphical login screen, fail, then offer a text console login for me to do this? >> Should I just do a console install, then run the driver installation, >> reboot and hope it works? > It should work. Thanks, Ryan
